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E TAKE pride in the fact that this 
business started 120 years ago; we take 


even more satisfaction in the fact that 


during the past 25 years we have grown ten 


times as fast as we grew in the preceding 
100 years. It proves, at least, that we are not 
going to seed, as often happens to those who 
have a long history back of them. From one 
mill on the Neponset River, in 1795, we have 
grown to five plants located in Massachusetts, 
Rhode Island, Ontario and Quebec, Canada. 


Quality has been our aim in the past, and 
quality will be our watchword in the future. 


We hope you will buy NEPONSET Products; 
but whether you do or not, buy the best roofing, 
the best sheathing paper, the best wall board, 
for the best is none too good when it comes to | 
building. 


BIRD & SON 


AVERY LIBRARY 
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 


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Patented June 17, 1902 


HAT does ‘“‘shingle’’ mean to you? Just one thing,— 

a shingle made of wood. That is natural. But do you 
know that manufacturers have been working for years to develop 
a shingle not made of wood —a shingle as good, as durable, as 
wooden shingles, but which will not catch fire from sparks and 
embers ? 


The difficulty has been to get a shingle with these features 
and at the same time good-looking. No one wants to put a 
freak shingle on his roof. 


After many years in this particular field — roofing — we hit upon 
the solution — the NEPONSET Shingle. 


The NEPONSET Shingles harmonize with the most varied 
styles of architecture. They can be used with perfect results 
on any type of building. Take, for instance, the quaint old 
mansion. Its moss-grown shingles must be renewed. ‘These 
old shingles cannot be duplicated. From an artistic standpoint 
they are at their best just as they are— moss-covered — but 
they have ceased to give the service expected of them. What 
will replace them? A neat, dignified, inconspicuous roofing is 
wanted — one that will be in harmony with the old architec- 
tural lines and will keep the old home snug and warm. 
NEPONSET Shingles! Soft gray in tone, durable, fire-resist- 
ing — what could be better ? 


Again, on the city or suburban home, there is no roofing 
material made which so adapts itself as NEPONSET Shingles. 
Their delicate. texture, the deep shadows cast by the heavy 
butts and their dull tone of gray make them truly picturesque. 


Because they do possess this great architectural beauty and at 
the same time extreme durability, fire resistance and moderate 
cost they have been called The Greatest Roofing Development 
of the 20th Century. 


What are NEPONSET Shingles? They are made from the identical 
materials used in that NEPONSET Roofing which has stood every test on 
buildings in all parts of the world, in every climate. 


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At the top, a large summer hotel on the Maine coast. These pictures show the type of 
building on which Neponset Shingles are being used. 


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This shingle is built-up in such a way that the exposed butt end is of 
treble thickness. When laid on the roof the shingles form seven thicknesses 
or layers! 


Now Neponset PAROID Roofing — made of exactly the same materials — 
is only slightly heavier than one of these layers and yet it has lasted on 
roofs, since it was first made 16 years ago, and is still giving service. This 
comparison gives the best proof as to the durability of the NEPONSET 
Shingles, 


A roof covered with NEPONSET Shingles looks very much like slate, if 
left in the plain gray, which is the natural color of the shingle. In planning 
the shingles for any particular building, remember that gray is not the only 
color open to you. By the use of NEPONSET Paint either a red or a green 
roof may be secured — both in the same subdued tone as the gray itself. 


The shingles are constructed in pairs. ‘I'wo are laid at once! This feature 
saves a great deal of time in laying. It makes a better, more weatherproof 
roof, as it reduces by one-half the number of joints or ‘‘ cracks ’’ between 
shingles and also the number of nail holes. Another point, — the double 
shingles require 25 per cent less nails than single shingles! 


Still another time-saving item is found in the uniform size of the shingle. 
This means that no trimming is necessary. Carpenters will tell you that 
the trimming of irregular wooden shingles 


consumes much time. 


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The cost of these shingles al/ laid is, in most localities, the same as wooden 
shingles all laid, but the greater part of the cost is represented by the 
shingles themselves — not cost of laying. 


They afford protection from sparks and embers from which source roofs 


usually catch fire. 


They are laid like wooden shingles—any carpenter can lay them. On account 
of their heavy butt end the shingles lie flat on the roof — no curling, split- 
ting or drying out. Their attractive gray surfacing weathers in about the 


way that wooden shingles weather. 


NEPONSET Shingles have been accepted and specified freely by architects 
of standing and reputation. 


SPECIFICATIONS 


NEPONSET Shingles are packed in bundles of 56, sufficient to cover 25 square feet of roof 
surface. Weight about 45 pounds per bundle. Shingles 12%4 inches long by 16%6 inches 
wide. Because these shingles will outlast ordinary nails, galvanized shingle nails should 
be used. 


Neponset PROSLATE Roofing 


UPPOSING you are building or re-roofing a bungalow or 

small cottage, and you do not want to use shingles. You want 

an easy-to-lay roofing—one that any one could put on in a 
few hours. And yet you must have an artistic roof. 


Neponset PROSLATE — ideal for bungalows 


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You will find all of these requisites in Neponset PROSLATE. 


In Neponset PROSLATE we have a colored, ready roofing 
(one that comes in rolls) that is not only durable but also 
really attractive— genuinely artistic in appearance. 


The foundation of PROSLATE is PAROID— one of the 
first produced and always considered standard of all ready 
roofings as regards durability. 


This material, therefore, is fully as durable as PAROID, and 
it is unquestionably the most distinctive material of its sort ever 
produced. 


We want every person who contemplates using a colored ready 
roofing to write us for a sample of Neponset PROSLA TE. 


It is made in two colors, with or without a tile pattern. The 
colors are rich green and red. ‘The roofing is applied easily, and 
complete fixtures for application are included in every roll as is 


the case with all NEPONSET Roofings. 


In addition to the uses outlined above, such as bungalows, cottages, garages 
and stations, it has several special uses. It is, for example, particularly 
suitable for flat porch roofs where shingles of any sort — slate, wood or 
NEPONSET — should not be used. When used for this purpose it does 


away with all the painting which is usually necessary on such roofs. 


Another use is for flashings. As such it is superior to the metal flashing 
and should be used not only in connection with NEPONSET Roofings, but 
with any type of roof or shingles. 


Neponset PROSLATE also affords fire protection to the building which it 


covers. 


SPECIFICATIONS 


Neponset PROSLATE, green, red, with or without tile pattern, is furnished in rolls 36 
inches and 18 inches wide, containing 112 and 116 square feet, respectively — sufficient to 
cover 100 square feet of roof surface. Fixtures for applying, including special flexible, 
large-headed nails and cement, included in each roll. 


Weight of roll complete about 60 pounds. 


Neponset PAROID Roofing 


ICTURE yourself in the observation car of a trans-continen- 

tal flyer. As your train pulls out through the yards you can 
see the gray PAROID roofs on the train sheds, the round 
houses and other railroad buildings which are subjected to the 
onslaught of sparks, embers, fumes and gases of the great loco- 
motives. 


You rumble on to the city’s outskirts, but you do not leave the 
PAROID roofs. You see them on the great warehouses, the 
outlying factories and factory sheds. The city gives way to 
the suburban towns, and here and there on fine stables, barns 
and various other buildings the PAROID roofs fly by —on 
grain elevators, on freight-yard sheds, on lumber sheds, poultry 
houses and one hundred other types of building. 


One town after the other. It is so in the East, in the West, in 
the North, in the South — PAROID roofs without end. 


Leave the train. Jump into a buggy and drive into the small- 
est ‘‘ 4 corners.’’ Drive 30 miles from anywhere and ask the 
first prosperous farmer you see what roofing he uses for his barns 
and sheds. ““PAROID— good old PAROID! That’s the 


roofing.”’ 


Good old PAROID! That’s the whole story in a nutshell! 
Good, because it has made good, and old, because it 7s old — 
16 years old and still going strong! 


‘*Good old PAROID! That’s the Roofing! ”’ 


Sixteen years ago Neponset PAROID revolutionized the roofing industry 
in the same way that Neponset RED ROPE had done 10 years before that. 


Some of the first lot made was sold to the United States Government and 
was used by them on warehouses in Cuba —a severe test. It was the per- 
fect satisfaction which this gave that led to the enormous purchases of the 


Government every year since. 
At Panama alone it has used over 1,600,000 square feet of PAROID! 


Now the strongest thing that can be said of any ready roofing is this, that 
it has actually lasted 16 years and is still giving service. PAROID is 


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For farm, factory and railroad buildings. 


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one of the oldest, ready roofings made, and is just 16 years old. We can 
actually point to PAROID roofs that have lasted 16 years. 


Another strong testimonial in favor of PAROID is its use by the railroads. 
Nowhere is a roofing put to a more severe test than on railroad buildings. 
The constant shower of sparks which fall on it and the exposure to injuri- 
ous fumes all tend to deteriorate a roofing. And yet year after year the 
leading railroads are purchasing larger quantities of Neponset PAROID. 
Among many other systems using it are the New York Central, the Harri- 
man Lines, the Pennsylvania, Delaware, Lackawanna & Western, Seaboard 
Air Line and the Chicago & Northwestern. 


Farmers have always used PAROID because it is the lowest cost per year 
roofing. ‘This roofing costs per square foot less than two-tenths of a cent 
per year. It is used by the United States Department of Agriculture. 


Neponset PAROID is really the standard by which all other similar roof- 
ings are judged. ‘This is only natural. It was one of the first in the field 
and it has never once fallen behind. 


The best all-around roofing is Neponset PAROID. 


SPECIFICATIONS 


Neponset PAROID is furnished in two weights — 

PAROID and PAROID Heavy. Rolls 36 inches 

wide and of two sizes — 108 and 216 square feet 
g to cover 100 and 200 square feet of roof surface, 

respectively. Fixtures for applying, including 

special flexible, large-headed nails and cement, 

included in each roll. Weight as follows: 
: § N PAROID, 40 pounds; PAROID Heavy, 50 
pounds, per roll of 108 square feet. 


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RE you paying the coal bills?’ Then remember this, ‘‘ Better 
building paper — lower coal bills. ’’ 


NEPONSET Black, or any of our Waterproof Building 
Papers, reduce fuel bills — will actually pay for themselves the 
first year in this way. 


You know it is almost impossible to heat some houses on a 
good cold day. You know how the wind drives the chill right 
through the walls, and no matter how good a fire you have 
the heat all seems to go up the chimney. 


The function of a building paper is to prevent just this state 
of affairs. It is to keep out cold and heat and dampness. 


It is obvious, therefore, that a waterproof paper is superior to un- 
waterproofed paper. A dry or unwaterproofed paper soon ab- 
sorbs moisture, then it drys out, contracts and tears, and entirely 
fails to serve its purpose. Later, it will disintegrate and will be 
of no value whatever. 


If your heating system proves unsatisfactory you can take it 
out— you can tear out and replace many other parts of the 
house, but yow can’t take out the sheathing paper without tearing 
the whole house to pieces. 


We make three grades of waterproof papers: NEPONSET Red Rope, 
NEPONSET Black and COTED. ‘These may be compared to a fur coat, a 
very heavy ulster and a medium winter overcoat. They all serve the same 
purpose well, but the highest grade gives the greatest protection. 


NEPONSET Red Rope is a building paper for the highest grade work. It 
is used extensively and is worth every cent it costs. It is so good that it 
is also used as a roofing and siding for poultry houses and other temporary 


structures. 


COTED is a low cost waterproof building paper vastly superior to a dry, 
rosin-sized paper, and not much more expensive. 


NEPONSET Black may be considered the standard. It is specified by 
practically every good architect. It is used all over the world in buildings 
of all types. It was probably used in the house in which you live, under the 
clapboards or shingles, or as a lining inside brick wall and possibly under 
the flooring. This material which we have made for many years is very 


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carefully prepared and waterproofed and will last as long as the building in 
which it is used. 


In reconstructing a building which had been built for 20 years, and in which 
NEPONSET Black had been used, it was found that the paper was just 
as good as new. ‘The money saved by using an ordinary building paper is 
soon wasted by extra fuel consumed in heating a drafty building. You can 
make your own comparative tests with this material by putting a piece of 
it and a piece of ordinary sheathing paper in water and comparing them 
the next day, or if you like a week later. You will find that the unwater- 
proofed piece of paper will soon go to pieces. 


SPECIFICATIONS 


NEPONSET Red Rope Waterproof Building Paper is furnished in rolls 36 inches wide, con- 
taining 500 square feet. It is put up in rolls of 100 feet, especially for roofing, in which 
case fixtures for applying are included. Weight, 60 pounds per roll of 500 square feet — 
65 with fixtures for using as a roofing. 


NEPONSET Black Waterproof Building Paper is furnished in rolls 36 inches wide, con- 
taining 500 and 250 square feet. Weight of roll, 45 pounds per 500 square feet. 


COTED Waterproof Building Paper is furnished in rolls 36 inches wide, containing 1,000 
and 500 square feet. Weight, 25 pounds per roll] of 500 feet. 


Neponset Florian Sound Deadening Felt 


Veo ean hear everything that is going on in some houses. 

You can hear the piano through the wall. If any one speaks 
in the cellar, you can hear it in the attic. This is disturbing 
always, but in times of sickness it really becomes serious. 
This transmission of sound can be largely reduced by the use 


of Neponset FLORIAN. 


This material is just as desirable in private homes as it is in 
churches, libraries, schools, hospitals and apartments where it is 
used so extensively. 

Neponset FLORIAN is so constructed as to form a vast number of dead air 


cells. The dead air cell is the only efficient method of sound deadening. 
The material is placed in the walls and between floors. 


It is a thoroughly sanitary product, is vermin proof and is generally ac- 
cepted as the standard sound deadening material. 


SPECIFICATIONS 


Neponset FLORIAN Sound Deadening Felt is furnished in rolls 40 inches wide, containing 
500 square feet. Weight, 55 pounds per 500 square feet. 


Neponset Wall Board 


E want to suggest to every house owner the wonderful 

possibilities which NEPONSET Wall Board offers for 
fixing up the home. ‘The change that this material works in an 
unfinished or plaster-cracked room is beyond belief. ‘The beau- 
tiful, artistic effect of the neat, paneled walls and ceilings — 
the rich oak, the cream white and the burnt leather — is 
extremely pleasing. 


Because of its neat appearance and because it could be applied 
so quickly, over 4 miles of NEPONSET Wall Board were 
used in the temporary executive offices of Wellesley College 
constructed after the recent disastrous fire. 


The uses of NEPONSET Wall Board are so varied that we 
cannot recount them all. It is used as a substitute for laths 
and plaster, or boards, sheathing or any such material. It can 
also be used directly over any of these materials — over cracked 
plaster walls, for instance. It is used very extensively for parti- 
tions. 

The surfaces of NEPONSET Wall Board have been waterproofed and 
finished so that no painting, wall paper or any other decoration is 
necessary. (As a matter of fact, wall paper should never be used on wall 
board anyway. ) 

After ordinary wall board is applied it must be painted to get the best re- 
sults. If not painted, it looks very rough and unfinished, and does not 
make a practical job. 

When NEPONSET Wall Board is applied, the job is complete. No extra 
expense for painting or other decoration. If color is desired, it can be 


painted, of course, and it will require much less paint than unwaterproofed 
boards which tend to absorb the paint. 
If NEPONSET Wall Board is to be painted, the cream white finish should 
be used and not the other finishes. 
If one who is to purchase wall board will simply compare samples of the va- 
rious makes, or, better still, if he will visit interiors where all types of wall 
board have been used, the superiority of NEPONSE'T becomes obvious. 
NEPONSET Wall Board sells itself just on its appearance, but in addition 
to this it is the most practical wall board ever produced. 

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How it is applied —the finished room. Its uses range from the hotel lobby (center) to the 
attic room (lower left). The lower right-hand corner shows the oak finish. 


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NEPONSET Wall Board is made in several attractive finishes : oak, cream 
white and burnt leather. Battens for covering the cracks between sheets 
are made of the same finishes as the board itself, but for the very best re- 
sults we recommend wooden battens. For all ordinary jobs NEPONSET 
Battens are suitable and will save expense. 


NEPONSET Wall Board is being used in the following ways: as a substi- 
tute for laths and plaster in the construction of bungalows and cottages ; 
for converting unfinished attics into cozy rooms; for covering up plaster- 
cracked ceilings; for dividing up large rooms, for partitions in general; in 
factory and mill work; making private offices; special uses, such as tele- 
phone booths and show windows, waste baskets and other household articles. 


SPECIFICATIONS 


NEPONSET Wall Board is furnished in sheets 32 inches and 48 inches wide and 8, 10 and 
12 feet long. Bundles contain about 300 square feet and are protected carefully with bur- 
lap. Made in several finishes. Each sheet is waterproofed. Weight, 12 pound per square 
foot. 


Neponset Built-Up Roof 


HE NEPONSET Built-Up Roof is composed of over- 

lapping layers of NEPONSET Asphalt Felt thoroughly 
welded together by means of hot asphalt compound. It forms 
a solid sheet of asphalt-soaked felt over the entire roof. 


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Neponset Floor Covering 


NE of the best advertisements of our Neponset PAROID 
Roofing that we ever put out was a small door mat. The 
mat was made of PAROID. We printed the word ‘‘ PAROID ”’ 
on it and gave one to each of our dealers for use in his store. The 
dealer put it down on his floor where every one who came into 
his store would walk on it. ‘Then when his customers were talk- 
ing about buying roofing, he would point to the PAROID door 
mat and say, “* That mat has been right there for the last ten 
years ’’ (or however long he had had it). ‘‘ It has been walked 
on and walked on, and yet it shows no wear. Isn’t that the 
kind of material you want for your roof ?’’ And he made the 
sale. 


This gave us an idea. It occurred to us that if PAROID had 
withstood wear of this sort, there was no reason why it shouldn’t 
be made into a floor covering. So we converted the PAROID 


mat into NEPONSET Floor Covering. 


As far as appearance goes, NEPONSET Floor Covering resem- 
bles linoleum. It is made in various selected patterns, similar 
to the best linoleum designs. There are distinctive color 
patterns suitable for all the different rooms in the home or 
office. 


This material is more durable than printed linoleums of the same weight, 
and yet the cost is less. It also has the distinct advantage of being water- 
proof, not on the surface only, but absolutely waterproof all the way 
through. It will never crumble and disintegrate at the edges when subjected 
to dampness. 


It is sold by furniture and department stores everywhere and by many regu- 


lar NEPONSET dealers. 


SPECIFICATIONS 


NEPONSET Floor Covering is furnished in rolls 36 inches wide, containing 30 square 
yards, and in rolls 72 inches wide, containing 60 square yards. Weight of rolls, 95 pounds. 
and 190 pounds, respectively. 


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How We Make It Easy for You to Get 
Neponset Products 


N the first place, there isn’t a state where we haven’t a stock 
of our Products. There is probably a NEPONSET hard- 
ware or lumber dealer where you live. If there is not, we will 
ship direct and pay the freight from our nearest shipping point. 
If you do not know the name of a NEPONSET dealer, 
WRITE US. 


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Other Neponset Products 


Neponset Paints. 
Made especially for Neponset Shingles, Paroid, Proslate and other similar 
roofing materials. Furnished in two colors — red and green. 
Neponset Asphalt Felt, Neponset Waterdyke Felt, Neponset 
Proslate Flashing, Neponset Rug Border Surrounds, Neponset 
Insulating Papers, Neponset Fibre Cases, Neponset Waterproof 
Paper Flower Pots, Neponset ‘Tack Boxes, Neponset Water- 
proof Case Linings. 


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